#successstory I’m exclusively breastfeeding my 4 month old daughter. Masha Allah. And this is huge huge success for me. As I couldn’t BF my elder 2 daughters. I’m c sec mommy so 1st time I’m unaware of so many things. My ami n sisters support me but no support of ebf in my In laws. So max 3-4 months bad baby feder pr ajati. Obviously Asani lagti hy us time bad MN bht guilt hota hay. But I must say when I’m expecting 3rd time MN souch Liya tha kuch b ho Jaye MN bottle feed nahi dn hi. And masha Allah Dia b nahi but on 7 day meri beti ka juindance zada ho Gaya to Dr said ap foren top feed lagwane ku k baby ka weight bht Kam hy. Birth weight 2.9kg n that time they done a mistake n note weight 2.3kg jab k next day jb thk se weight Kiya to it was 2.7 kg. But Dr insisted k ap bottle feed b dn or Dara b Dia hame. Khair MN ik do din jb tk hospital MN thy diya but soon after we are at home MN nahi diaya. MN sub Suna ” dodh acha nahi hy tmhara” jabhi pehly b bachiu ne nahi piya Acha hota to bachy motu hoty Humary bacho ne to nahi piya magar sb thk thy Zarori nahi sb bachy Maa ka dodh piye Kiya hame muhabbat nahi thi
Apni Jan ki fikar Karo Etc etc.

Khair souch Liya tha to sabit qadam rahi Ami behne or miya ne support Kiya sath sath is group se bht sikha Or sb se imp bat jo sekhi *kisi b Maa ka dodh us k bachy k liye Kam nahi hota * bs Allah pr bharosa rakhn or apna Kam kiye Jaye. Sari ftm k leye Mera msg hy plz plz Kisi ki bato MN nahi aye. Plz.. Ap c sec mommy hn ya normal delivery Wali mommy. Start k days MN dodh Kam hota hy ku k bachy ki need b Kam hoti hy. Ahista ahista sb thk ho jata hy yaqeen maniye agar ik dafa apni Asani k leye feder dy di or bachy ne mother feed chor Dia to kabhi b guilt khatam nahi ho GA. Hareem ap bht acha Kam Kar rahi hn”

Im in loveeee with LactNation Breastfeeding & EY Nutrition Support Group because it truly gives a sense of empowerment to all the ladies out there. Im a first time mother with a baby coming in after 17 months of marriage. Since Ive always been obesed, the first reaction of my MIL was ‘Really? Is it possible?’ when I shared my pregnancy strip showing a positive. There and then I got to know its going to be a hard one raising my first child in the same house.

Why do I love this group?

1. It never lets you down if you are following instructions (number of diaper count in 24 hours and age of baby in each post for eg)

2. Admin and moderators are in the boat of getting worried with you as if its their own child.

3. To the point and promt responses are being given. My success story. Being an emergency csection mama, it was traumatizing to see how the colostrum, which had started leaking about a month ago in form of drops, suddenly almost vanished as soon as I entered the room. Baby was crying at top of its lungs and I literally had nothing to give to the poor soul. My MIL was screaming at the nurses to give child topfeed and I felt helpless as I had strictly informed them that I will feed him mine after going through experiences shared by the ladies on this group.

My MIL came and pinched my nipple so hard in an attempt to take out milk that I almost cried out of pain. Since I couldnt feed him more than a drop, I kid you not, only a drop is what I i could give the baby in its first hour. To add a cherry on the top, I had one inverted nipple too. The nurse saw my disappointment and the way my MIL was constantly insisting, she asked the doctor and doctor was kind enough to take my approval. He was given 30ml after which he slept peacefully. I on the other hand couldnt. That night was the most horrible one in hospital. Thankfully, since mama and baby were fine, we were discharged the very next day due to covid as well. After returning, all I did was try on latching the baby again and again. The whole day, I would make the baby latch on to both sides and within three days Alhamdullilah the issue of inverted nipple went away first. Baby was smart enough to form it. Nipple shield I bought earlier was of no use. Still lying in drawer as it is. Pumping and latching helped so much! I even heard taunts such as ‘kerti kya ho poora din ander jub doodh hi nahi ata’ I had days where I would keep on crying because of sore, cracked nipples. Would apply all sorts of mehengi nipple creams ranging from lanisoh to palmers but then through this group I learnt about shallow latching and voila! Problem solved with winwin.

Within a week, Alhamdullilah I had a good supply. Thanks to the baby who never gave up. It is only because of ebf that he was able to go from 3 kgs(birthweight) to 5.3kgs in about 50 days.

Masha Allah x100. God bless Hareem Sumbul who turned out to be an angel for a first time mother who is vulnerable to hearing to all sorts negative comments in the rude world out here. Im glad I became a member
of this group right before giving birth. The guidance I get each day and every Friday is enough to keep me motivated!

Thankyou for making such an amaaazing group. Keep up the good work. May Allah bless you abundantly.

Hello everyone! Salam!

So ftm here to a boy. He’s 7 weeks old MashaAllah. This is an appreciation post as well as awareness post for all the mammas to be.

I always wanted to breastfeed my babies. It was Always a thing that I just had to do due to the massive benefits I had read about it for the baby and mother. As well as I had read about how much sawab there is in our religion to feed the child.

Anyway 30 minutes post partum, I fed my baby without zero help. Somehow managed to get that colostrum into his mouth with zero idea if I was doing it right. He drank for like a few minutes and slept and this kept on going for the next 3 days. He was waking up after every 20 minutes or less and in this moment I fell to the ISKA PAIT NAHE BHAR RAHA ISLIYEH RO RAHA HAI.

I had enforgement but he couldn’t latch properly. I watched like 6789 videos on YouTube to latch him and he just wouldn’t do it right. I tried all the manual pumps and Hnd pumping. I used to cry looking at him because I didn’t want to give him formula but then we just had to. And there he was sucking on the bottle and sleeping hence me believing this is what it is. I still used to somehow latch him with whatever I was doing. I tried every totka in the world to get “THAT MILK SUPPLY”.

Later I got mastitis, thats when I realised there is enough but its probably not coming out due to the poor latch. I didn’t take a single antibiotic or anything. I just latched him with all that I had and
bore the pain but it went away in 5 days. Alhumdulillah.

After this traumatic episode I found out about this group randomly on my Facebook (because you know how you Google stuff and it pops up everywhere). I posted my query here about how to bring my baby back to the breast from a bottle. That’s how I ran into Hareem and I attended a session with her.

That session Definately changed my life. She was my last ray of hope and I was adamant on bringing my child back to breast and alhumdulillah with her help and Allahs I was able to do it in about ten days. I didn’t go cold turkey on the bottle but I offered him breast in every feed before bottle. I went low on ounces and so on. Eventually I was able to have him leave the bottle now Alhumdulillah. I still get to hear iska pair nahe bhara is liyeh he wakes up or he sleeps alot because iska BP low hogaya hai isko feeder do etc. Utter BS!!!!

Anyway long story short, I am from the core of my heart grateful for this group and Hareem for being there in every way possible. Getting back to my all time queries and motivating me all the time that I can do it.

If it wasn’t for her guidance I wouldn’t have had been able to do this. So thankyou Hareem for the platform. Thankyou for your constant support. May Allah reward you and your family for your work immensely. Ameen ❤ ❤ ❤

And to all the worried Mothers about supply. Please don’t be. You got this. Don’t give up. God bless xx!!

2.i joined this group because i kept my first child on mixed feed but dont want to do it with my 2nd child born 2 months back.

3.i learned about forceful letdown n followed the laid back feeding position and my problem was solved.”

The article was so heart touching as almost every other nursing mama gets to hear that she’s not
producing enough and is forced to believe that their bodies are incompatible of doing something so natural.

I’m so glad I had my mom and MIL to support me through it. The nurses really helped me get my hands on to it when I deliverd my baby. Still, I got to hear every now and then that top up with formula as the baby isn’t fat and how he’s not getting enough nutrients and how I should introduce purees already. When I discussed with my doctor how my baby always has his hands in his mouth, the first thing she said was you might not be producing enough milk and he might always be hungry and have you though about formula. I knew it was coming when I saw her office with quite a lot of Enfamil posters.

However, by that time, I had already found you for all the guidance that you shower upon us. You help me so much throughout this beautiful journey. I’m a silent reader but pouring my heart out today because the article reminded me of all of these things. You are blessing for all the breastfeeding mamas. Alhumdullilah with all this support my baby is now 5 months old ebf with no top ups and perfectly healthy ❤

Assalamo alaikum Hareem. I hope you and your family is doing great. I am here typing to you at 5:40 in the morning with all the gratefulness i could. I am a first time mum of a 6 months old beautiful baby girl. You and your group has been my no.1 go to page whenever i needed any help. But more than that it has ALWAYS been the main source of motivation when it came to breastfeeding. Some nights when my baby would ask for milk every 15 mins and the lack of sleep and extreme exhaustion would make me think of discontinuing breastfeeding and giving her topfeed, your page, your posts, your comments would motivate me and would help me continue what i am supposed to. Your approach to bfing and how you convey it to us has made me feel so proud of what i do. I feel like bragging about it to the world that YES, I AM A BREASTFEEDING MOM NOTHING COULD STOP ME FROM NURTURING MY CHILD WITH WHAT SHE DESERVES. You make me feel like a super mom. You have a big part in the bond that i share with my baby.

Thank you for what you do… please keep doing it. I wish to educate myself from you as much as i could. May Allah bless you for all that you do. Love, and lots of it for you Hareem

I was lucky to find LactNation during my pregnancy and Hareem’s live sessions educated me a lot, but I didn’t get to practice all that knowledge in the initial stages of my baby’s life as he was rushed to NICU as soon as he was born. Being bottle-fed formula by the hospital staff, my baby wouldn’t even open his mouth when offered breast and there was no one around me to help with this complication.

I texted Hareem and asked to take her On-call Support package for new mothers and even though you are supposed to book that before giving birth she took my case immediately.

She listened to my every concern and even some rants, guided me patiently through every obstacle, provided solutions to all my problems and motivated me when I felt like giving up. All thanks to her help I was able to bring my baby back to breast within 10 days. I highly recommend all mums-to-be to avail this offer to ensure a smooth start to your breastfeeding journey.

Hello  hope you’re doing well!  I’m not here with a query but I just wanted to thank you for the amazing, amazing support you’re providing to each one of us, my little one is about to be 5 months old and Alhamdulillah she’s doing great ❤ there are so many people who said “bachay ka payt nhy bherta hoga” or “raat ko to dabbay wala doodh de diya kro warna bacha araam se kaisay soyai ga” but I never gave up I continued breastfeeding becoz this group kept me so motivated and inshaAllah I’ll continue…and I’m so happy that I could find this group and you may Allah reward you for this.. ameen Thankyou sm.

From getting pregnant to giving birth to raising a child, nothing can compare the trauma a woman goes through when she chooses to breastfeed.

The women of my family had been mentally preparing me for breastfeeding my child but I never thought it would be this challenging.

And then, when you’re on the verge of giving up, people like hareem come into your life and change your whole perspective. There is so much misinformation regarding breastfeeding. From the famous ‘pait nahin bharta’ to doodh nahin aya toh agey bhi nahin ayega to ‘bottle dedo’. People will drive you to the edge of a mental breakdown so when i say i have newfound respect and admiration for hareem and all the lactation consultants in the world will be an understatement.

She has helped me and so many other women like me who needed to exclusively breastfeed their children. I wish i found her earlier but i am glad i did, when i did.

Thank you, hareem. For everything that you do. Wishing you nothing but the best.

You do an amazing service for this group! With everything that you suggest for others on increasing supply I have followed and have attempted for myself as well! I thought I was drinking enough liquids but didn’t know that the goal is a gallon a day. I went from 4-8 cups of liquids a day to 3 quarts to a gallon with half of it being water and the other half being a medley of juice, flavored water, and milk. Also been eating oatmeal for breakfast daily! Supply went from just being able to feed baby for 80% of the day to being able to fulfill baby’s needs and pumping 3-8 oz extra for the day

I would’ve quit breastfeeding 6 weeks ago if it wasn’t for you & this page

This group has helped me so much. I wanted to give up BF after a week due to sore and bleeding nipples and i couldnt do the latch properly, i actually dreaded BF and i was always terrified when she wakes up for a feed because i knew i’d be in so much pain again… but this group has improved my knowledge and inspired me to continue BF. I am proud that my baby is very healthy and we’ve learned to do the perfect latch.. no more pains, no more tears, BF is a breeze. Thank you to you and the modmins.